The ride starts at Richland Balsam, the highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This morning it is also a very cold point on the Parkway. We apply as many layers as we can as we start the descent.
Same view as group photo on the day we couldn't ride.
A view of the parkway just south of the Pisgah Inn. The building in the distance is the Inn itself. While we stayed there, the cloud/fog never let us see more than a couple of hundred feet
Pisgah Inn is on the other side of the tunnel and it is all downhill from there.
Great descent over previous day's climb, but with clear skies.